Jaydev P. Desai

Expertise: Surgical Robotics, Endovascular Robotics, Image-guided Surgical Interventions

Dr. Jaydev P. Desai is currently a Professor and Cardiovascular Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Chair in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. He is also the founding Director of the Georgia Center for Medical Robotics (GCMR). He completed his undergraduate studies from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India; MA in Mathematics and MSE and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, all from the University of Pennsylvania; and Post-Doctoral work at Harvard University.  Dr. Desai is a recipient of several NIH R01 grants and NSF CAREER award. He has given numerous Keynote, Plenary, and other invited talks, including an invited talk at the National Academy of Sciences “Distinctive Voices” seminar series. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Robotics Research and Editor-in-Chief of the four-volume Encyclopedia of Medical Robotics. Dr. Desai received the 2024 IEEE RAS George Saridis Leadership Award in Robotics and Automation for his foundational work in medical robotics and swarm robotics as well as service to the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS). He is also the recipient of the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award and the 2021 IEEE RAS Distinguished Service Award. His research group has received several accolades including the best student paper award, best symposium paper award, cover image of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, and featured article in the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, ASME, and AIMBE.